Several organizations and campaigners have warned against attaching a stigma to the virus. Monkeypox, however, is not a sexually-transmitted disease. Ī significant proportion, but not all, of confirmed monekypox cases are among men who have sex with men.
Russian microbiologist Alexander Gintsburg told Russian state-run news agency TASS that he was 'afraid' that the recent spread of monkeypox could not be explained by gay sex.